March 24, 2017

[This Month]

It’s National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day!

The Blumenthal Chocolate Company introduced the “Raisinets” to the United States in 1927 and then in 1984, the brand was acquired by Nestle.

The snack is now most popular by moviegoers.

Standardized Testing Begins Changes have been made to the way the ACT is adminstered to juniors, comparisons made between LHS and other disricts

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Rockin’ Out See Tracy Gladden’s behind the scenes life as she shares her experience as to what it’s like having a weekend gig

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March 24, 2017 [Volume 48, Number 7]

Lafayette High School 17050 Clayton Road Wildwood, MO 63011

Many roads lead to

GRADUATION

To read about the different types of school available to students, see pages 10 & 11

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[2] OPINIONS

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Being an effective teacher requires full-time passion, skill, ability to connect It’s a harsh reality, but we know that not all teachers are in education for the right reasons.

Some have simply lost their passion, while others are clearly more interested in coaching or managing other extracurricular instead of investing the necessary effort into making their classrooms places students want to be and can learn in.

Also, there is the problem of teachers who worry more about their relationship with students than the actual curriculum or those who are strong on content but have trouble connecting with students.

A balance between caring about students and caring about the content is the perfect combination of a great teacher.

Teachers: If you’re phoning it in everyday and teaching something you’re not really interested in to people you’re not dedicated to, it is tough to make students buy in.

While the Rockwood School District, including Lafayette, is known for its exceptional teachers, there are still some who fall short of expectations.

A big portion of being a good teacher is genuinely caring about students and wanting them to succeed.

Going a little beyond that first layer of in-class interactions and working to make a connection with students makes the world of difference in a classroom environment.

Not only does it help us with what we’re learning in the classroom, it makes the learning environment as a whole much more friendly and cooperative.

Teachers who lack the ability to make that connection with their students aren’t usually considered good teachers by students. And, usually these teachers lack the ability to connect because they are in the education field for the wrong reasons.

This doesn’t mean that they’re clueless about the curiculum; it’s just a bit harder for them to communicate the ideas to students.

It’s not difficult to spot when a teacher is here for the wrong reasons, such as to coach a sport or to sponsor an activity they feel passionate about.

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In no way are we saying that all coaches are bad teachers, that’s a pretty sizeable assumption.

But, some get easily distracted from their teaching duties during their season. And, some teachers who are also involved in other activities or working on their own projects make it clear that these extracurriculars are more important to them than their day job.

By putting students on the back burner to concentrate on other things, the connection with these teachers just isn’t there and neither is the connection with the material.

We understand teaching is not an easy profession by any means, especially due to the fact that each student has different learning styles. It’s difficult to get through to each student, especially if the effort is one-sided; however, being passionate about what you teach can only help.

It’s also difficult for teachers when they are forced to teach a class in an environment where they aren’t as comfortable.

Some teachers are better at working with students in lower level classes, others in AP and honors classes. If these teachers are placed out of their comfort zones, it can be difficult for them to successfully teach the material.

We give an insane amount of respect to all teachers due to their under appreciated, underpaid work. However, due to the hard work and dedication required for teachers with little recognition or pay, this profession is not for everyone.

As administrators hire and look for applicants, they should focus on the teacher’s dedication in the classroom rather than what they’re capable of doing after school. These new employees should also be placed in classes where they would flourish among the students.

Teaching is an extremely important job in our society as we shape the future, and having someone subpar in this profession could be detrimental to our future leaders.

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PICK Five things you shouldn’t miss out on in St. Louis this month.

Embrace your inner nerd (you know it’s there) and head out to St. Louis Comic Con on April 8 at the America’s Center.

Feeling bummed? Take a trip down to the National Blues Museum off of Washington Avenue.

Alt-rock legends Guided By Voices are coming to the Ready Room on April 7. Check them out before they break up, again, again.

Every last Friday of the month the St. Louis Art Museum hosts SLAM Underground, a collection of live music, art, food and more!

Time to throw off those gloves as some of the top chefs in St. Louis fight against each other to see who has the cheesiest mac on the block.

The Mac & Cheese Throwdown will be hosted at the MOTOMuseum off Olive Street on March 25 starting at noon.

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Finally! It’s March! Waking up and knowing that a Shamrock Shake is available now is what gets me out of bed each and every morning this month.

Professional cool guy Chance the Rapper recently donated $1 million to Chicago public schools. How’s that for a small loan, Donny?

After the long debate of which Starburst flavor was the best, Mars finally listened to the high demand for the beloved pink and is now creating all pink Starburst packs. Hallelujah.

With Logan now in theatres, having Hugh Jackman play his iconic role as a huge jacked man for the millionth time restored some harmony in the world.

Gripes This last month the company Little Tikes recalled 540,000 miniature swings for posing a “hazard” to children after 39 were reported as injured thanks to the swings. Walk it off, kids. My parents said falling down builds character, which explains a lot.

Mistakes don’t exist. La La Land pranked everyone watching the Oscars, almost like a high budget Punk’d. There’s a camera! There’s a camera!

It doesn’t even matter how long you’ve been going here or how well you know the building, no one knows where to go on EOC day.

Seniors are now hitting that point in the year where they’re not too sure what’s happening in class but they’re kind of OK with it. How many more days till summer?

OPINIONS [3]

Don’t let your life hover around grades Straight As, perfect 36s, 5s, those defining holy grails of numbers are what every student strives for.

This can be good thing, having an overall goal is nice in any subject matter but having those numbers define who you are as a person can be pretty detrimental at times.

Checking my grades always scared me growing up, those few days after a test while everyone was talking about what they got on said test messed me up.

I didn’t want to see my grades knowing what other people got on it because in my head I’d just deem myself an idiot.

“Well shoot. Billy-Bob got an A on the history test while I got a C, I’m a moron.”

When I was younger, I wasn’t the most confident in myself so this almost bi-weekly show n’ tell of grades amongst the kids around me stuck with me but this all started to change once I left middle school.

I remember once Drew, my quite charismatic older brother, wearing a huge, silly cowboy hat.

“Don’t you think people will think you’re an idiot wearing that?” I said to him. Almost instantly he responded with “At a certain point in your life Jack, you’ll start to not really care about what other people think of you.”

Boom, that was it.

Who cares about my 8th grade Roman emperors final that I bombed and everyone else did great on?

Who cares if the kid sitting next to me did way better than I did?

I’m still me, life goes on, I can still do what I want to do in life.

No number can define a human being.

If you took a look at my grades, does it mean you automatically just know who I am?

Not at all. You’d probably think I’m an idiot (which is debatable.)

You’d know my test taking skills,

essay writing abilities and some aspect of my educational range.

Based off those numbers alone, I can only hope there’s more to me and everyone else who’s got their lives logged on Infinite Campus.

To put it simply, you aren’t your numbers.

You’ve got a name, some hobbies, skills, talents and plenty of other things that can’t be measured by a stupid number.

As a culture, especially at a high school level, we’re pretty obsessed with these numbers. Let’s start ignoring those numbers, you know?

If you’re getting bummed out and self conscious about yourself and your grades not being the best, start focusing on the loads of things you’re great at that can’t be labeled by a dumb number.

You’re you, not a 36, 100 or whatever. Don’t let some numbers get you down. They’re numbers. They won’t bite.

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ou know, the more I think about Culture, the more I like it.

Migos have been in the game for a while, initially popping off with their triplet heavy song “Versace” and their mixtape Y.R.N., they came out guns-a-blazing with a new sound that spiced up the Atlanta trap rap scene.

Donald Glover, or Childish Gambino, is the one who initially started this whole explosion of Migos bursting into popularity.

“I really wanna thank the Migos, not for being in the show, but for making ‘Bad and Boujee.’ Like that’s the best song ever,” Glover stated during his Golden Globes speech.

After that, “rain drop, drop top” was all you could hear on the radio.

Once you settle down with listening to Culture as a whole, it really puts you in a mood.

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Even if some college, program or activity won’t let you in for some number you don’t have, they’re probably missing out.

Seriously, if there’s a program that only focuses on an ACT score or GPA instead of someone’s actual skills that pertain to that program, why bother?

Stay dedicated to what you love and don’t let it be judged, rated or ranked by others on some sort of scale or spectrum.

Appreciating underrated life necessities It’s easy to get lost in a privileged society where most of us grew up knowing nothing less of endless toys, snacks and electronics.

There’s no doubt that the America most of us were raised in spoiled us to no end, and we don’t quite understand and appreciate the things we are openly given.

Stereotypically, West County is viewed as the rich kids who get everything imaginable handed to them.

We go to a school with education that ranks top 100 in the nation, have countless fast food restaurants within a five mile radius and wi-fi at every possible hangout we go to with our friends.

However, we lack to acknowledge the privileges that we have been blessed with.

I notice all the time that my peers around me take advantage not only of the material things in our lives, but

the things we are blind to. The adults in our life who influence us and mold us to what we will be when we grow up.

A few days ago I saw a video of a third world country, where they were essentially touching on American’s unnecessary desires for technology and comfortable living.

It portrayed children and adults in their poor, dirty village commenting about their lack of our modern day “necessities.”

To name a few, wi-fi, running water, a comfortable bed and electricity.

In our regular world, we lack the appreciation because it is a common instinct for us to turn the light switch on and have our whole house lit up.

We get the privilege of taking a hot shower when it’s cold outside, or vice versa.

Third world countries are far less developed than we are, yet we lack

to realize their need for help and we only care for ourselves.

I’m not trying to pull a Sarah McLachlan commercial on you to make you donate to the less fortunate, I just want us to realize the privileges that we are handed.

It’s not everyday that the entire world gets to check Facebook whenever they want, or get in the car and drive to Chipotle.

Understanding and appreciating what we have is a big part of actually deserving it.

We don’t automatically deserve the things we are born into, that’s why we have to set our morals and realize what the right and wrong thing to do is.

Realistically, all I’m saying is that we have a lot of amenities in life that need to be appreciated because of the disregard that we hold towards everyone surrounding us.

Culture is a landmark of where pop rap stands in 2017 Jack Deubner opinions editor

[ ] Hi-Jacked

I’m not sure what kind of mood, but definitely an uppity one.

Starting things off, the production on this album is actually really superb.

The mix of various producers on the album give it varying sounds that keep the album interesting, but at the same time keep the album consistent.

It doesn’t sound like a singles collection, it sounds like a great cohesively flowing album. To be honest, I totally wasn’t expecting that.

I thought every song would be “Bad and Boujee”-esque.

The Metro Boomin’ production and overall feel of the song sticks out like a sore thumb amongst the rest of the tracks on the album, but still provides a killer lead single for them.

Songs like “Get Right Witcha,” “What the Price,” and “Big on Big” bring on different producers all while having the same flow, if you will.

Zaytoven’s modal piano licks, 808Godz slick guitar riffs layered on moody synths, everything just sounds so sleek.

Lyrically, Culture is a trainwreck.

There are some ignorable lines, then there’s the occasional line like” Hey, hey, hey, tater tot.”

Culture had me cracking up at points. I mean, that’s not really the point though.

My inner music snob goes crazy over the lyrics on this album, but stylistically they all cover the same point.

They’re the typical trap and hip-hop lyrics but spiced up with hundreds upon hundreds of ad-libs.

Seriously. If I had a dollar for every “skrrt skrrt” on this album I’d be stupid rich.

So, you probably won’t catch me listening to Culture casually, but you will catch me straight jamming to it.

Culture doesn’t want to be a huge monumental and meaningful album like Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, it’s goal is to just give people some straight bangers and boy does it do a good job with that.

So, say you don’t listen to hip-hop, should you listen to this album?

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In Case Missed It

Probably not. Find a better starting place, warm yourself up to the whole themes and attitude that Migos and loads of other rappers have, then dive right into Culture.

But, if you’re just so adverse to listening to Culture, that sucks. You will hear this album everywhere.

Radio stations, parties, pools, get used to it.

Culture will be a great time capsule into 2017 in the upcoming years of what hip-hop is right now.

Phil Elverum returns with his newest since 2014’s Sauna and the passing of his wife Geneviève. This one’s going to be a (beautiful) bummer, folks.

Kendrick Lamar and Kamasi Washington collaborator Thundercat released his debut album Drunk on March 3rd and hoo-mama is it funky.

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Up For Debate

Education-related topics and opinions vary among students

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For the average student, are blocked classes beneficial?

Abby Karandjeff reporter

Although others may disagree, I enjoy the option of having blocked classes.

I get to see both of my teachers I have blocked classes for on an A day and for the rest of the week I spend two hours per day with the teacher that I have the class for.

Having this extra class time makes me feel more connected to my teachers. We’re able to work more closely together due to having more time and I feel like I learn more efficiently.

The blocked schedule allows the classroom environment to be more relaxed, yet productive.

If you’re spending two hours a day in

a single classroom, you’re bound to get comfortable at some point.

Having this extra time also means that in classes like Chemistry, we can often take notes or do a lab for the first hour of class and then work for the second hour.

This means that we can ask questions not only during the lesson but also while we do the work that normally we would have to do by ourselves.

We also have a little extra time to finish up our tests during passing period and if needed, we can sometimes work into the next hour.

This is really helpful for students who aren’t especially fast workers or just generally are in need of more time.

I believe blocked scheduling offers many benefits to both students and teachers.

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As a freshman, I took both Honors 9 LA and Honors US History in a blocked format.

This year, however, I kept all my classes strictly standard, and for good reasons.

With blocked courses, I felt I was absorbing too much information in one sitting. Attending a class daily allows for the curriculum to be separated into smaller portions that were easier to comprehend and makes the lesson easier to retain.

The question of whether it is an A, B or C Day is obsolete when one has no blocked classes on their schedule. Standard classes are attended during the same time and for the same duration each day, so the letter day is

one less thing to fret over.

Perhaps the worst part of having the same class for two periods is just that: the length of the class itself.

I recall multiple instances of glancing the clock and letting out a frustrated sigh, not content with the amount of time before the bell dismissed me.

As someone with a short attention span, paying attention to the minutes passing by the on the clock becomes more interesting than the lecture at hand after sitting in the same classroom for more than an hour.

With that being said, every student has a different learning style. Some may find blocked courses to be beneficial; it all depends on your preferences in the learning environment. Based on experience, though, blocked classes are a no-go.

Should the start of the school day be pushed to a later time?

Jack Weaver digital media editor

Hitting that snooze button to gain just a few more minutes of precious sleep: it’s become part of my daily morning routine.

With school starting at the time it does, it’s difficult to get enough sleep to make it through the day without finding myself staring off into space more than a dozen times. This lack of sleep negatively alters student’s overall attitude and performance in school.

I often find myself sitting in first hour dozing off. As I look around, many of my classmates express the same emotions. My teacher, desperate to interact with us students, struggles to get a response to a simple “Good morning, class.”

When given assignments, it is much easier to put my head down and fall back asleep than to pick up my pencil and work. To get the work done, I must first work against my body which

would rather be laying in bed, gaining the sleep necessary to do it’s thing.

On a much grander scale, the lack of sleep caused by early start times is bound to one day lead to disaster. Every morning, many students, following cutting their sleep short, get behind the wheel to drive to school. However, it’ll be sooner than later before doziness caused by a lack of sleep causes a student to be involved in a fatal car accident.

As students are suffering to obtain a full night’s rest, it is clear that action must be taken to improve student’s well-being in the mornings. By moving the high-school start time back, we can improve student’s general performance in school.

A later start time would improve the learning experience for students. Rather than classrooms being filled with lifeless bodies desperate for more sleep, classes would be lively and interactive, an important aspect to providing students with a productive learning environment.

Kate Golder reporter

Don’t get me wrong, I like sleep. But I also love having an afternoon not completely dominated by work and extracurriculars, and getting out of school earlier will help, a lot.

The advantages of starting at an earlier time and getting out at an earlier time outweigh the benefits of that extra hour of sleep.

Our current 8:16 a.m. start time is one of the latest in the area, and whether or not we want to admit it it puts us at a disadvantage.

Our student athletes constantly have to be pulled out of their 7th Hour in order to make it to away games, and those 15-20 minutes and sometimes full hours missing from class adds up and puts those students behind.

Although an earlier start time brings back for many of us negative memories of middle school days, getting released from school

earlier will go much farther for us now that we are in high school for the purpose of the many activities the majority of us take on.

Students with part time jobs will especially feel the advantages of getting out of school earlier because of the current disadvantage of getting out at 3:05 p.m., well let’s face it closer to 3:20 p.m. considering the parking lot, in order to make 3:30 p.m. or 4 p.m. shifts.

Opponents of earlier start times will focus on negative effects that sleep deprivation has on students, but an earlier start time will not decrease the amount of sleep students get, but just structures it in a different way.

The reality is that it’s the same 8 hours of school whether we start around 8 or closer to 7, but advantages of getting out of school at an earlier time outweigh the advantages of sleeping in for one more hour.

The extra hour in the afternoon will go much farther than an extra hour in the morning.

Are flipped classrooms a step in the right direction for education?

Jack Deubner opinions editor

Personally? I don’t get it. I’d be the kid who forgets to watch the videos and probably doze off in class, whoops.

But! I totally get the appeal. Say you’re a student who likes to take things at his or her own pace, the flipped classroom idealogy is probably a match made in heaven.

Having someone preach at you for an hour with no real focal points pertaining to how you learn and what speed you learn at can be tough for some people.

Having the ability to watch the lesson, pause at your own times and take notes at your own pace can be pretty nice. It’s sort of like a one on one tutoring session.

I’ve had plenty of times where I’m sitting in whatever class and the teacher just says something way over my head.

Having the ability to have that teacher

repeat whatever confused me however many times I want at my leisure sounds pretty nice, honestly.

While in the classroom, the student has the ability to talk things over with other students.

For me, that’d also sounds pretty cool.

Having a group of people in the same boat as you not only promotes a sense of community but also helps with learning the topic at hand as a whole.

Say if the video didn’t make any sense to me regardless as to how many times I watched it, maybe the kids in the class can explain the topic to me in a more “dumbed down” way.

Overall, is it the end all be all to teaching?

Absolutely not.

The entire technique is completely hit or miss. If you don’t get it, you don’t get it and then you’re kinda screwed for an entire class.

It’s not perfect, but it’s not horrible, you know? Flipped classrooms have enough perks towards certain students for it to be sown into teaching.

Ty Prozorowski reporter

The flipped classroom is not conducive toward the curriculum of certain classes.

With vocabulary and memorizationoriented classes, the flipped classroom makes sense, but where complex math and application is involved, it is difficult to ensure that the teachers’ videos adequately address the subject matter.

Also, the teacher only has a limited amount of time to teach in the videos whereas in class, the teacher has sufficient time to teach.

If the teacher made the videos longer and more in-depth, kids would receive more daily homework than they already have.

Even with guided notes, which make it easier to follow along, there is no way for the students to ask follow-up questions to their teachers face-to-face as they would if they

were actively learning in a classroom.

By class the next day, it can be easy to forget the information that was learned.

It is frustrating when the curriculum is not addressed completely or if the teacher forgets to discuss a portion of his or her guided notes.

This makes it more confusing to have to search for the answer in a textbook or another source online when the expectation is that the teacher will discuss the answers.

Teachers can’t ensure that kids watch the flipped classroom videos either.

When kids don’t watch the videos, the videos seem pointless because the teacher has to re-teach the subject matter in class anyway.

It is counterproductive, but sometimes easier to learn in-class than with the videos.

To fix this problem, teachers need to go back to traditional learning at school so teachers can be completely sure that kids understand what they are teaching.

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NEWS [5]

March 24, 2017

April Madness

Standardized testing schedules vary in St. Louis area 2017 EOC Testing Schedule

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Kate Golder reporter

pring standardized testing will be underway beginning April 11.

This includes the End Of Course (EOC) exams that all students in English I, English II, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, American History, Government, Biology and Physical Science and the state administered ACT for all juniors.

The testing schedule for EOC exams will be similar to previous years, while the ACT testing day will be different than in past years.

On April 19, only the juniors will be pulled out of the regular school day to test, and there will be a normal school day for freshmen and sophomores.

The juniors will all report to the gym or multi-purpose room to be tested in large groups.

The Senior Class will have its annual baseball outing that day and attend the Pirates vs. Cardinals game.

In previous years, the underclassmen also had a standardized test or other activities scheduled that day.

“Even in Rockwood, we have other schools that have a normal day for everybody else and then they do the testing. So we thought that we should try that for one year and see how that works,” Assistant Principal Kirti Mehrotra said.

However, the most significant reason behind the change is this year the freshman and sophomore class are no longer taking an ACT preparatory practice exam and only the junior class is testing, therefore no reason to change the school day for the whole students body.

“Every year we evaluate and see what we can do that helps everyone and that’s better. So we thought we should try that for one year and see how that works, and if it works well we will do that. Otherwise we can go back to what we were doing before. I think we are in a new phase of trying to figure out if there are things we can do differently to help,” Mehrotra said.

The way the juniors are testing this year is similar to other schools not only in the Rockwood School District, but also outside the district such as at Lindbergh High School.

Lindbergh Principal Eric Cochran, said, “We

pull those juniors out, and it just works for us to have everybody taking the test do it that way.

We have about 500-600 students in every grade level and it’s easier for us to manage 500-600 people all in one location rather than all those different people in all different places. It just makes for a smoother administration of that test.”

Parkway West High School also administers to the ACT in the same way.

“We try to mimic the other testing dates as many of our students will take the ACT on multiple occasions” Parkway West Principal Jeremy Mitchell said.

Clayton High School, however, divides the juniors into small groups of 15-18 and each group is assigned to a classroom, the way Lafayette administered the test in years past.

Both Parkway West and Clayton dismiss their juniors from school after the completion of the test.

Not only does the administration of the ACT test differ across districts and schools, but so does the schedule for EOC exams.

Lafayette administers all the EOC exams on a total of five modified school days in a twoweek period where students take the exams in the class that the exam coincides with.

Testing Coordinator Jessica Brawner stresses the importance Lafayette puts on testing in small class sizes, and the significant impact it holds on the reason for the modified schedules.

“If we sent them to a gym, they’re not with their teachers, they’re not with they small group of 30, they are now with a group of like 200 kids. That’s not nearly as good of a testing environment,” Brawner said.

Although aware of how other schools test, Brawner is confident in Lafayette’s style of testing.

“Our scores are very important so we want to do as best we can as a school on those, and this is the best way to get a good testing environment and spread them out so the kids aren’t stressed out,” Brawner said.

In 2016 Lafayette’s percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced on the following exams: 89.5 English, 84.6 Social Studies, 88 Math and 81.4 Science.

Those were among the highest in the state.

Marquette also modifies its normal school

EOC Bell Schedule SP17

Tuesday, April 11

Period 1 EOC Exam 8:16 – 10:00 (104 minutes)

Wednesday, April 12

Period 2 EOC Exam 8:16 – 10:00 (104 minutes)

Thursday, April 13

Period 1 EOC Exam 8:16 – 10:00 (104 minutes)

Period 3 EOC Exam/ LUNCH 10:06 – 12:20 (104 minutes plus lunch)

Period 4 EOC Exam/ LUNCH 10:06 – 12:20 (104 minutes plus lunch)

Period 3 EOC Exam/ LUNCH 10:06 – 12:20 (104 minutes plus lunch)

Testing eats 3rd lunch

Testing eats 3rd lunch

Testing eats 3rd lunch

Period 5 EOC Exam 12:26 – 2:10 (104 minutes)

Period 6 EOC Exam 12:26 – 2:10 (104 minutes)

Period 7 EOC Exam 12:26 – 2:10 (104 minutes)

Period 6 Class 2:16 – 3:05 (49 minutes)

Period 7 Class 2:16 – 3:05 (49 minutes)

Period 5 Class 2:16 – 3:05 (49 minutes)

day in same way to administer EOC tests.

Clayton also modifies its normal schedule to allow students to test in their regular classes.

To do that, they go from a traditional 8-period schedule, to a block schedule for four days.

Parkway West also administers the EOCs in students’ regular academic classroom with their subject-area teachers.

“We like to have the students [test] with their curricular teacher for comfort sake,” Mitchell said.

However, Lindbergh does not create any kind of modified schedule to accommodate EOC exams. Instead, they pull each grade out to the gym to do their respective testing.

Lindbergh began testing format after the EOC testing became solely computer-based.

“What we determined at that point is that it would be better for us to try and create a scenario like we do for all other mass

Monday, April 17

Tuesday, April 18

Period 1 Class 8:16 – 9:05 (49 minutes)

Period 2 Class 8:16 – 9:05 (49 minutes) Period 3 Class 9:11 – 10:00 (49 minutes)

Period 2 EOC Exam 9:11 – 10:55 (104 minutes)

Period 4 Class 10:06 – 10:55 (49 minutes)

Period 4 EOC Exam/ LUNCH 11:01 – 1:15 (104 minutes plus lunch)

Period 5 EOC Exam/ LUNCH 11:01 – 1:15 (104 minutes plus lunch)

Testing eats 1st lunch

Testing eats 1st lunch

Period 6 EOC Exam 1:21 – 3:05 (104 minutes)

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testing is to have the students in one location to administer that test and have all those computers set up prior to the test with our testing program loading in,” Cochran said.

Lindbergh’s style of testing seems to not only work for them logistically but also produces above average scores.

“Whoever is not taking the test can be left alone and business as usual for them, so it doesn’t disrupt the entire building, it only disrupts that one grade level who happens to be taking that test. For us, we have fewer problems when we do it in that location and had the least impact on the rest of the school and it just worked. So we stuck with that. It has definitely worked for us,” Cochran said.

In 2016, Lindbergh’s percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced on the following exams was 81.2 English, 80.4 Social Studies, 75.4 Math and 74.3 in Science.

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Students pay $5 for varsity football, basketball and wrestling games. Other sports do not charge admission. (Photo by Nick Horstmann)

Prices may seem steep, but rarely cover actual costs of high school activities Amisha Paul reporter Attending football games are often seen as one of the defining events of high school.

Watching the football team take the lead in the final seconds of overtime, or chanting in the bleachers during an intense play are moments not to be missed in the high school experience.

However, attending these events can often break the bank. Especially for high-schoolers who are self sufficient and work part-time jobs, the $5 required to get into varsity games, along with the charges for other events and items, quickly adds up.

But why do schools charge so much for games and other events like performances and dances, if they know that it might be a financial strain for their students?

Although these events’ prices might eventually add up, it is important to consider what it costs to provide an activities program that includes games, events and other items.

For a typical high school varsity sports event, there are many costs that aren’t immediately evident or covered by the district.

Additional funds must be raised through admissions to pay for things like officials, press box/table workers, gate workers, security/ police and busses, which are are all essential to running a game.

In addition, each sport requires supplies, uniforms, facility upkeep, which must be covered by the school.

“All gate receipts are deposited into a district account that funnels into Central Office. These funds help to support the overall budget allocated to each high school to run our programs,” Athletic Director Steve Berry said.

Despite what students might consider to be high prices, after covering all the costs of hosting the game, often there isn’t much left over. For example, from an average game’s ticket sales, anywhere from $4,000 - $4,500 is earned, but a varsity event can cost up to

$2,550.

“While there may be a net profit for a single event, there are not enough gate receipts overall brought in to cover the entire district budget allocated to support the school’s programs” Berry said.

Junior varsity and freshman level games are free to the public. This is mainly because so few people attend, that the cost of hiring gate workers would be higher than the revenue coming in.

“The primary purpose of extra-curricular activities is not to make a profit,” Berry said.

Although costs of attending school events has increased over the years, lower profits have been a recurring situation.

“When I came to Lafayette 10 years ago there were ticket prices of $3 and $2 for students.

It went to $4 and finally sits at $5 currently,” Berry said.

Berry said the price increases are due to increased expenses for running programs, and varying levels of funds allocated to LHS. Other major student expenses include the yearbook. The current cost is between $65-$80 depending when the book is ordered. However, that does not even cover the cost of the book.

“The yearbook actually costs much more to print which is why we sell ads. We are definitely not making a profit,” Nancy Smith, Legend adviser said.

However, at many private schools like Westminster Christian Academy, varsity sports are completely free of cost, with the exception of post season District play, which is required by MSHSAA. Also at many private schools, the cost of attending plays or ordering a yearbook are built into the tuition fees.

“Part of our rationale for this is families are already paying tuition to attend WCA, so we don’t want to burden them any further.

Our Conference has also agreed to not charge admission for our mutual games since we’re all in that boat,” WCA Athletic Director Lindsay Carlile said.

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Adding it all up What goes into the $2,550 it costs for a game?

Officials: Five @ $95 each

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Press Box Workers: Four workers @ 3.5 hrs @ $12.62 per hour Gate Workers: Seven people @ 4 hours @ $12.62 per hour

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Police: Three officers at $25 per hour at 4.5 hours Football Busses: Four @ $46 @ 5.5 hours Cheerleading Busses: One @ $46 @ 4.25 hours

Total:

$2,550.04

How much revenue is brought in from a typical game?

Revenue from ticket sales varies depending on the game. Some games against big rivals such as Eureka may bring in as much as $13,000, whereas smaller games may only bring in

$3,000.

This leaves anywhere from $10,500 to $1,500 to cover supplies, uniforms and facility upkeep.

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Don’t worry, be happy

Student spreads happiness at lunch with daily affirmations

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eople who are pessimistic have a nearly 20 percent higher risk of dying over a 30 year period than those who were optimistic according to Mental Health America.

Positivity is an important aspect for one’s health, both mental and physical.

Being unhappy could potentially be dangerous and harmful to your health, which emphasizes the importance of happiness.

Students can gain some happiness from Jordan Stevenson, sophomore.

During second lunch period, students can hear the positive words of Stevenson after announcements. Since January, he has been reciting daily affirmations for the student body as well as staff.

“I started a few weeks ago. Mr. [Steve] Berry just kind of threw me the mic and told me to say something positive, and it went from there,” Stevenson said.

That was the beginning of a new routine for Stevenson. At the beginning of lunch after announcements, he shares a daily quote with the lunchroom.

Stevenson said, “I don’t come up with them [the quotes] myself. I like to look them up the day before I announce them.”

The quotes that Stevenson uses, in his opinion, need to have an impact and really sink in to student’s minds. He tends to use quotes with meaning and purpose.

“I use quotes from popular people, like Tupac. People that are relevant and students would know about,” Stevenson said.

Using the words from relevant and important people makes it so that students pay more attention and possibly relate more to the quotes.

Stevenson shares his quotes not only for his own happiness but also for others.

When asked about the purpose of his affirmations, Stevenson said, “They’re for a positive impact on second lunch. I get laughs, I spread cheer. I read a lot of quotes and they stick with me. I don’t just read them and forget them, and I hope the students don’t either.”

For Stevenson, positivity and affecting other people in a good way is very important for both him and the well-being of the

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students and staff.

Activities Director Steve Berry agreed positivity is important for people in and out of school.

“I believe that a lot of time you have a choice on how you approach anything. Glass half full, glass half empty; positive, negative, and so on. Any time that you can promote the positive is great, especially in the world today and our social climate.

Anything we can do, whether it’s one person or 100 people, might bring a smile to someone’s face. Being positive can only have good effects,” Berry said.

Positivity and happiness can help people as individuals and also as a group, according to Berry.

Creating a healthy space for others and encouraging positivity is crucial and can make a change in someone’s life.

Spreading positivity can also affect the school environment for the better.

“I would turn it around and relate to yourself, or whoever might be reading this. If you’re met with positivity within the school environment from your peers, your friends, your coaches, your teachers, your administration, it’s got a chance to be a positive interaction and change it to being a glass half full,” Berry said.

Maintaining a positive attitude is useful not only for an individual’s mental health and mood but also the feelings of those around them.

Outwardly showing happiness affects those around you and can potentially make them feel happier.

Explaining how Stevenson’s daily affirmations started, Berry said, “Some of the best things that happen start organically.

Jordan started spending his lunch time at the administrator's table and we started talking. One day when I finished doing the announcements, I said, ‘And now, a daily affirmation from Jordan Stevenson,’ and I handed him the microphone and told him to say something positive. So he came up with something and I suggested that we start doing it every day. And now we even had two students come up and ask if they can do the same thing during third lunch shift.”

Stevenson started his affirmations by chance and they’ve now grown into a widely recognized routine throughout the second lunch period and potentially the third lunch period as well.

Affirmations have many benefits in people’s lives as well as their confidence.

These daily quotes spread happiness and remind students that it’s important to stay positive.

Jordan Stevenson shares his daily affirmation with his peers during second lunch. [photo by Abigail Karandjeff] “I enjoy the affirmations, they’re great. They’re a cute thing to add to your lunch. It’s nice to have an affirmation, a reminder to be positive,” sophomore Tara Burke said.

Spreading positivity makes a memorable impact on the lives of others. It can completely shift a person’s attitude for the better.

“I think it’s a great start to my lunch. The messages he says are inspiring. They sometimes make people laugh, which is great.

It brings up my mood for the day. It makes you happy somebody wants to inspire us every day,” sophomore Jessica Lopez said.

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Part-time College/Dual Enrollment Enrolling in college part-time allows students to take college classes earlier and at a cheaper price before they head to their actual universities.

This path appealed to senior Jessie Smith. “I was bored at school, so I decided that I wanted to get some classes over with because I didn’t take a lot of AP, and I wish I would’ve,” Smith said. “I decided to look online and find a way to either do online classes or go to the college.”

With help from her parents, Smith looked into St. Louis Community College.

“I had my counselor at the University of Arkansas send me the classes I have to get rid of the first year. She sent me Oral Communications and Pre-Calc, and then I’ll take Calculus over the summer just to get those out of the way back-to-back so I don’t forget anything.”

Dual enrollment provides a cheaper way to get basic college courses completed.

“For two classes it was $800, which is good for college class. There was a disk that I had to buy, and I rented it so it was a lot cheaper, so books were just $100 total.”

The class hours are an added bonus.

“It starts later than our actual school starts and ends earlier. On Monday and Wednesday, I have Oral Communications, and that’s 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, I do Pre-Calc from 8:20 a.m. - 10:45 a.m., and then Fridays no class. It’s freeing because I don’t have to be

Erin Coogan reporter For many students across the United States, the “traditional” school environment consists of an eighthour day, sitting at a desk, a different teacher with each subject and a break for lunch.

However, this style of learning is not for everyone.

Many former and as current Lafayette students have retired from the traditional school setting and have taken on a more unique environment that better fits their needs or goals.

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at LHS until 4th Hour,” Smith said, Smith looks forward to beginning a new chapter in her life.

“It’s nice that I’m doing something else. I feel like I have started my life a little bit earlier. It’s a short time and I don’t really mind not being here because I’m kind of ready to move on to better things now.”

Smith recommends part-time college to anyone considering it.

“Do it for sure. You’re going to make your life so much easier in college, and the classes you’re taking at this school, not that they’re not great, but they’re not going to be very beneficial in the end. They’re kind of just more random classes,” she said.

Smith told her friends, seniors Taryn Brewer and Lauren Kirtser, and they decided to sign up, too.

“I was pretty much done with all my credits for high school, so I had extra time in my schedule,” Kirtser said. “I was interested in getting some of my credits out of the way for next year, which is really nice before you go to your actual big school and save money.”

Brewer also wanted to get some of her basic classes finished.

“I wanted to do it just to get some of my credits out of the way that aren’t really going to matter, just because I want to go into nursing, so just to get them

Taryn Brewer, Lauren Kirster, and Jessie Smith, seniors, are dual enrolled at St. Louis Community College—Wildwood.

Smith and Brewer walk into the school for their 9:30 a.m. class. (photos courtesy of Lauren Kirster) done before I go down [to college],” she said. “The fact that I was having a lot of downtime here, so just kind of a lot of sitting around, so there I can get all these credits out of the way before I get down [to college], and also it saves a lot of money.”

Brewer is taking a politics class and Public Speaking.

“They aren’t classes that are going to affect my major. It’s more of the sciences so just to get them done so I can focus better on the one’s next year,” she said.

Kirtser is taking an Introduction to Business class and Public Speaking.

“I’m majoring in business, so I did Introduction to Business so I can hopefully

decide what major I want to take,” she said.

“Public speaking, you need for any major, so that’s good to get out of the way.”

Although Kirtser knows classes at the community college aren’t exactly like actual college classes, she appreciates getting a sneak-peek.

“It’s kind of cool to see how a college class works and what the workload is before going off to college,” she said.

Smith didn’t have trouble signing up.

“You can talk to your counselor here. I also talked to my actual college and then just my parents and just kind of figured it out on my own, it’s not too difficult,” Smith said.

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Individualized Learning Center Incorporated in 1991, the Individualized Learning Center (ILC) is a program that is meant for students who don’t respond well to a large group learning environment.

“There is a small percentage of students in school that don’t thrive in that big environment.

Some have anxiety, depression, difficult family situations, occasion substance abuse or pregnancies. Sometimes the students who attend ILC have missed a lot of school due to illness or surgeries. There are a variety of reasons that could cause a student from being successful at their original high school,” ILC Principal Matt Dieckhaus said.

Dieckhaus has been ILC principal for five years, and was previously an LHS administrator.

The ILC program modifies the day to make

school suitable for the students who attend.

“The day is shorter and focuses on three core classes. We work in quarters instead of semesters, and our students do their work here versus taking it home. We also do project based learning, rather than traditional testing,” Dieckhaus said.

ILC students start at 7:30 a.m. and leave at 12:30 p.m. Class sizes are smaller than traditional school. Each class has about 6-15 students. The grading system is also different.

ILC has a pass/fail system where students must have an average of 75 percent in order to pass.

Contrary to popular belief, students don’t get sent to ILC, they volunteer. Counselors, teachers and administrators from the students’ home school look for students who are struggling and

suggest the ILC program. Out of the thousands of students in the district, only 70-90 students attend the ILC. Rockwood strives for 100 percent graduation rate, and the ILC program helps achieve that goal.

“This is just a program. Students still get a diploma from their home high school,” Dieckhaus said, “We want our students to be successful, and we do our best to make that happen.”

The students take the same classes traditional high school does, just in a different format.

Students who are interested in applying must meet with their counselor, fill out an application and get a form signed by their parents. Students also need a letter of recommendation, but it is not required.

GRADUATED EARLY Seniors who have all of the required credits to graduate high school can graduate after first semester. 14 seniors utilized this alternative to get a head start on post-high school plans.

For students wanting a change from the typical classroom setting, online high school caters to a more flexible schedule and individualized pace.

Senior Emily Stevens decided to take classes online for her senior year rather than at Lafayette.

“I had always home-schooled in the past and missed some of the freedom to make my own schedule. LHS was so helpful in allowing me to spend part of my day in school and part of my day at home,” Stevens said.

This semester, Stevens isn’t taking any classes at Lafayette, but she is taking AP Calculus and French II online. She can spend half of her day at home because she is getting a home-school diploma, not a diploma from Lafayette.

Online classes allow Stevens to take classes at her own pace.

She said, “They provide flexibility in my schedule and freedom to work when I want. I can work in pajamas at night, or on weekends, or from any location. These classes limit busy work and don’t have as much emphasis on grades. If I bomb Emily Stevens a lesson, I can figure out what I messed up and try again. Tests always have practice tests first to make sure I have mastered the material and can help pinpoint what specifically I need to work on. The point is to learn the material rather than meeting a test deadline set by the teacher.”

However, online classes require a lot of dedication on the student’s part.

“Nobody is telling me to get my work done as long as I move forward a little bit each week. That end of semester deadline can

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loom pretty large if I have procrastinated,” Stevens said.

Teachers are available to contact if a student has questions.

“The teachers are pretty easy to access for help, but it is like any school, the quality of the class is somewhat dependent on the quality of the teacher. However, the online class content and the exams are not written by your specific teacher, so the online teacher is more of a facilitator,” Stevens said. “It is up to the student to read and learn the information from the materials provided. No one is spoon feeding the information.”

Prior to taking a test, teachers gauge a student’s understanding with a Discussion Based Exam, an oral exam where the student answers questions about topics in the lesson.

“I would highly recommend taking theses online classes, but only if you are responsible and are interested in learning the information. I’m sure some kids would be tempted to cheat on assignments just to get done quickly, but that defeats the purpose of taking the class and may be painful when one gets to the discussion of the lesson with the teacher,” she said.

Stevens also enjoys online classes because she can take additional classes or one’s that she was unable to get into at Lafayette.

She said, “I have taken online classes with both Mizzou and Florida Virtual. I found the Florida Virtual classes to be better organized and the teachers to be more accessible. They are expensive, though, at about $400 per semester.”

To find the online programs that qualify for credit through Rockwood School District and a list of a courses, go to Missouri Virtual Instruction Program (MoVIP)’s website.

“I’ve been taking classes at the community college and working part-time where my family has property in Hermann, MO. I go to class for the first three days of the week and go out to Hermann from Wednesday to Sunday.”

- Grant Heckmann

South Tech South Tech is a school that can give training to students who plan to go into the work force directly out of high school.

They teach many different lifelong careers such as carpentry, automotive tech, construction trades, dental sciences, electrical trades and fire fighting.

Not only do they teach industrial education, but they also teach culinary arts, cosmetology and dentistry.

Senior Alantae Fulghum has been going to South Tech for about a year and is part of the construction program “There is a lot of things I do in Construction. I assemble wires, build dry walls, lay bricks and fix pipes,” Fulghum said.

“It’s kinda like a big puzzle, having to put parts together and creating something out of scratch and making it a whole. I like using my hands when working and I love to hear the noise of the machines running,” Fulghum said.

The typical day at South Tech starts off slow, but once class gets going the building comes alive.

“The day starts out quiet in class, but when class starts and the tools and machines are running it can get noisy.

I always make sure to bring extra clothing because everyday I am getting my hand dirty,” he said.

He feels as if his training at South Tech has given him a strong plan for the future.

“I plan on going straight into the workforce, then make my way into the union so I can do more technical work.

Also, I intend on attending another school and learn about commercial buildings,” Fulghum said.

“South Tech has helped me figure out my career and future. Also, this school has helped me know more than one trade in construction which will lead to better opportunity for other jobs in the future,” Fulghum said.

South Tech is located in Sunset Hills. See your counselors to apply.

“I’m going to Brigham Young University to study Pre-Med and major in biology because I want to be either a heart surgeon or a anesthesiologist, and I’ll hopefully be able to study abroad in Europe next year. ” - Victoria Sorrentino

Alantae Fulghum gets busy on his woodworks project at South Tech. (photo courtesy of Alantae Fulghum)

“I’m going on a two year mission trip to the Philippines where I’ll be teaching about the Mormon faith.

It’s been a goal of mine since my brother did it in Brazil. Seeing how the experience influenced him inspired to do it.”

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Keeping LHS running takes lots of work around the clock Gehrig Prozorowski reporter It’s no secret what students and teachers are up to during the school day.

What most aren’t aware of is the work that child nutrition workers, custodians and secretaries do behind-the-scenes to keep school operations running smoothly.

Attendance When students aren’t arriving late to school, Attendance Secretary Aneta Kolb has other tasks to do.

The office opens at 7:30, but Kolb gets to school earlier and opens the shades and turns on the computer, copier, and the lights.

“I’m just one of those people that like to prep ahead of time so I’m ready to go when the doors are unlocked,” Kolb said.

She prepares for her day by checking for emails, loading Infinite Campus and getting out her files and papers.

“I get calls all morning long, and when you get a lot of sick kids, I can easily get 120 calls by 11 o’clock,” Kolb said. “Senior skip day is a nightmare.”

Kolb records all of the absences in Infinite Campus because attendance involves Kolb entering everything into the computer. When kids come in late and sign out, their sheets are given to Kolb. The substitute teacher's attendance sheets also are given to Kolb along with any activities such as field trips.

“I try to do those the day before because it can get hard to enter in field trips and stuff like that the morning of,” Kolb said.

Before she leaves for the day, Kolb reviews all of the data she entered into Infinite Campus to be sure no mistake was made.

Cafeteria Staff Cafeteria manager Kim Moore and her

child nutrition workers keep a strict and busy schedule to prepare food for Lafayette students.

Moore said, "The first person gets here at 5:30 a.m. and they get ready for breakfast.

What they do is they pull everything out of the coolers and freezers that they need for breakfast and they have to hook up all the registers out front and get those refreshed because new data comes in overnight.”

All 17 workers come in between 5:45 a.m. and 9 a.m.. and each has an individual job.

One prepares the salad bar, one gets the deli ready and cooks make the main dish. Also, one fills up the chip racks and drink machines and another cuts the fruit.

“You students go through a lot of condiments,” Moore said about the necessity of refilling the condiment dispensers.

Throughout the day, the cafeteria workers complete strict production records and count everything. They count in the morning and in the afternoon, and the ladies have temperature sheets where they keep logs of the food temperature, and they have countdown registers.

Before leaving at 2:15 p.m., they clean all the tables and everyone completes their own jobs to clean the kitchen.

Class Secretaries Junior Secretary Karen Corwin gets to Lafayette and checks her mailbox as well as Assistant Principal Colleen Fields' mailbox.

Day-to-day, the class secretaries enter attendance into the district module, they ensure ISS and detentions are in order, they help with lockers, and assist class advisories at their meetings.

Once in her office, Corwin looks over the detentions and ISS. She said she fills out forms, write letters of recommendation, and once signed, sends A+ Program forms to where they are supposed to go. Corwin also manages office aides certain hours and then leaves at 4 p.m.

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the next step. We do everything that helps get the juniors ready to get into a senior level of the process,” Corwin said.

She said the goal for each grade level office is to get students graduated.

“It’s a complex intersystem,” Corwin said.

“Once we started looping, everything became crazy.”

Now, the secretaries and administrators have new jobs each year. For example, Corwin and Fields are planning for Prom which they haven’t done before. She sends out all the Prom invitations to juniors and seniors with a Google Form to fill out.

Next year, Corwin and Fields will plan graduation.

“Not only does each secretary work in their office to make their office and their grade level healthy, basically toward the goal of getting [the students] graduated, but now we are symbiotic because we need each other,” Corwin said.

Corwin said the juniors are her priority, but she now needs to pay attention to her job will entail for next year.

“As we all move into that next year’s position, then we all become dependent on each other,” Corwin said.

Custodians Throughout the week, the custodial staff keeps Lafayette clean.

Custodial manager Sue Jessen arrives at 7 a.m., and then walks through Lafayette to see if the school appears in order.

She said her crew takes out the trash, inspects the bathrooms and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday clean up the fields and sweep the restrooms.

They also clean up after the students finish with breakfast and lunch.

As a result of being a manager, Jessen makes sure everybody is doing their tasks adequately, and before she leaves, she meets with the night crew about what needs to be completed.

The night-shift custodians clean the classrooms each night, vacuum and take out the trash. Also finished is the wiping down of the

white boards and the cleaning of the restrooms.

If there are any setups for the next day, the night staff prepares for those.

Before dances, Jessen asks for volunteers to work the weekend and setup, too.

Nurses In the Nurse’s Office, when nurses Molly Bozada and Rita McLafferty aren’t treating students’ sicknesses, they keep up their own routines.

Bozada arrives at 7 a.m. and she stocks the office and makes sure enough medicine and supplies are out, and she cleans up anything left over from the day before. McLafferty gets to Lafayette at 9 a.m.

Both nurses complete ongoing projects.

These include contacting doctors offices and parents about medical issues, looking up the medical conditions for kids who are on field trips and informing the teachers about them, and replacing items that are missing from the emergency buckets.

If any student is still in the office she is treating when Bozada leaves at 2:30 p.m., she gives the report to McLafferty who takes over.

McLafferty cleans the office and wipes it down, and works on projects from the day before 4:30 p.m. when she leaves.

1. Child nutrition worker Sandy Townsend fills bowls with mac and cheese between lunch shifts. [photos

by Gehrig Prozorowski] 2. Nurse Molly Bozada checks a student's medical information before the start of the school day.

3. Attendance secretary Aneta Kolb enters attendance records into her computer.

4. Junior Secretary Karen Corwin speaks to a parent on the phone before the Academic Pep Assembly.

5. Custodial manager Sue Jessen updates the itinerary in her office, which is adjacent to the Commons.

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There’s nothing to do in St. Louis?

Get outside your comfort zone, discover what’s in your backyard Megan McFarland reporter Most people that live in the St. Louis area are aware of the plethora of neighborhoods found throughout the region, each with their own unique character and culture; however, many people are unaware of the plethora of sights to see and activities to take advantage of just a short distance from downtown.

Places like the Delmar Loop and Central West End have become popular spots for teens and families, while other neighborhoods such as Cherokee Street, Soulard, The Grove and South Grand remain relatively obscure.

Benton Park If you are looking for a more tranquil and undisturbed place to relax, Benton Park, which can be found just slightly southwest of Soulard off of Highway 55, is the place to go.

Originally, it was set aside to be a cemetery; however, it has been transformed into a well-shaded and popular relaxing area.

The park draws people from all over to enjoy its principal attractions, its rustic bridge and reservoir. In recent years, the park has been completely remodeled and landscaped with city funds, increasing its aesthetic and natural appeal.

Cherokee Street Cherokee Street was developed during the 1890’s and is home to a variety of commerce, culture and creativity that brings together the interests of many. The neighborhood is located just west of Highway 55 and south of downtown.

Over the years, Cherokee Street has become a popular hub for Mexican cuisine, dominated by Latino owned-andoperated bakeries, restaurants, shops and grocers.

With such a strong Hispanic influence, the area hosts one of St. Louis’s largest Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

The festival includes live

entertainment by 15 bands as well as a parade to honor the spirit of the community as a whole.

The neighborhood also commemorates Mexico’s declaration of independence from Spain by hosting a two day festival that brings together Mexican and American communities as they celebrate the rich history and culture behind Mexico’s independence.

Although the area is not as popular as other St. Louis neighborhoods, there is no shortage of culture and entertainment on Cherokee Street.

Soulard Another less renowned neighborhood just outside of the city is Soulard.

Located just five minutes south of the Arch, Soulard is one of the oldest and most historic districts within the city and it exhibits a variety of traditional red brick townhomes that house restaurants and live music.

Since its establishment by Antoine Soulard, a French colonist, the area has gained popularity for its annual Mardis Gras celebration in late February and for its local farmer’s market.

Senior Sanika Nanda has attended the market every year and says “It’s amazing to be able to get fresh and organic produce so close to home, and not only is it great for the environment, but we’re able to support our local economy and those in our community as well.”

Having gone to the market every year and exploring Soulard for so long, Nanda has come to love all the neighborhood has to offer.

From the farmer’s market to the various festivals the area hosts to the plethora of restaurants, there is never a shortage of things to do in Soulard.

South Grand Alongside the great benefits of the park itself, language arts teacher, Dawn Indelicato-Faw(IF) and her family are only a few blocks from Grand Avenue.

Unlike some of these more specialized neighborhoods, you can explore the whole world on South Grand.

Known locally as the International

District, the area is not restrained to one ethnicity, but rather it offers a wide array of activities from a variety of cultures such as Ethiopian, Mediterranean, American, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Italian, Vegan, Vegetarian, Moroccan, Vietnamese.

Language arts teacher Dawn Indelicato-Faw (IF) lives just a short walk from South Grand and says her and her family do “Friday night take out at Lemongrass and The King and I,” where they enjoy their favorite Pad Thai.

IF said, “living outside of West County offers a wider spectrum of life and all the kinds of people that make up St. Louis. Our neighborhood is very diverse in terms of race, gender identity, economics and culture.”

IF’s exploration of all the culture that St. Louis has to offer has become a part of who she is and she believes “students should get out of the bubble and explore the parts of the city that aren’t the Loop, Busch Stadium, or the Savvis Center.”

Tower Grove Park Another under-recognized area with its own natural appeal is Tower Grove Park. Tower Grove is a Gardenesque style park located outside of downtown St. Louis.

It is home to well-manicured landscapes with winding paths and intricate gardens, as well as a home to IF has lived in the Tower Grove South neighborhood for 13 years, just few blocks away from Tower Grove Park.

IF says that some are her family’s favorite things within the park there are the plentiful “paths for jogging and biking, two different playgrounds for the kids, a wading pool for the kids in the summer, a farmer’s market that’s from the spring to fall seasons, a stable with a couple of horses and carriage rides on Sundays, festivals, food truck Fridays, and all kinds of great people watching.”

In its entirety, St. Louis is a hub for cultural diversity and exploration. If you limit yourself to only the more famous and populated areas, you miss out on a variety of other places that are just as exciting.

The main street of Tower Grove Park and South Grand is home to a variety of restaurants, each with their own unique culture and specialties. [photo by Megan McFarland]

Top: Cherokee Street is the Mexican District of St. Louis and can be identified by its trademark Cherokee statue. Middle: Rooster, a breakfast and lunch restaurant in Tower Grove is known for their sweet and savory crepes.

Bottom: South Grand and Tower Grove are surrounded by rows of classic red brick homes and apartments. [photos by Megan McFarland]

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Alzheimer’s impacts not only elderly, but their families Delaney Stulce reporter “It changed his whole personality. He didn’t joke around. He didn’t play any games on us.

It was super weird to see him change like that,” senior Liz McKenna said about her grandfather and the changes she saw after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s attacks how the brain functions.

One in nine Americans over the age of 65 have this disease according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

This deadly disease has three stages, early, middle and late.

The early stage consists of minor symptoms that can commonly be blamed on aging, such as light forgetfulness, but can still function independently.

The middle and late stages start to get more severe and have symptoms like forgetfulness of basic information and trouble controlling bladder and bowel movements.

Some symptoms that impact those around those affected are high memory loss, difficulty communicating and requiring full-time assistance.

McKenna is one of the many students who have to deal with the difficulty of a grandparent being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

McKenna said it was very heartbreaking for her family and herself to watch her grandfather slowly lose not only the ability to do everyday

activities, but also lose his fun-loving personality.

McKenna’s grandfather, who was very independent, had a difficult time relieving his control and letting others take care of him.

This made it very hard for the McKenna family to put him into a nursing home.

Over the years, his disease worsened, and he started to forget his children and grandchildren’s names and other things that he used to do every day.

“We didn’t have fun joking around as much because he couldn’t fully understand,“ McKenna said, “He tried to joke, don’t get me wrong, he tried to joke a lot but it was hard for him because he didn’t really know what was happening.”

Although McKenna wasn’t as close to him like her brothers were, it was still hard for her to see her grandfather change so much and, after a couple of years of struggling later, pass on.

In light of a sad situation, the death of her grandfather made her whole family realize just how important it is to stick together.

“The whole extended family came together even more. It was the coolest thing ever, at his funeral, you look up at this huge sanctuary and it is full of people. Not only old people, but filled with young people and teens and adults and my parents age and their friends. It was really cool to see all the types of people he impacted,” McKenna said.

Another student who underwentthe struggle of having a grandparent with Alzheimer’s is senior Hamza Iqbal.

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Iqbal’s grandfather started to develop Alzheimer’s after his second stroke when Iqbal was about 7-8 years old.

Alzheimer’s can affect each person’s brain and ability to remember certain things differently. Iqbal’s grandfather’s long term memory is better than his short term memory.

“Music he listened to 30 years ago he can remember and sing it, but a lot of time if you ask him where he is or what my name is, he won’t know,” Iqbal said.

When his grandfather comes to the U.S. to visit, Iqbal and his sister do as much as they can to help make sure that his stay is smooth.

“It has taught us to be more considerate and to help out more,” Iqbal said.

Freshman Siena Meyrer has also had to go through her grandma’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s.

Meyrer, who has never been very close to her grandmother due her living in Germany, has had an even harder time connecting with her.

“My dad would call her and we would try to have a conversation. I see her every other year, but now it’s becoming more of a struggle. She has trouble remembering my name or even who I am,” Meyrer said.

A common symptom of worsening Alzheimer’s is forgetting the names of your loved ones.

Meyrer’s grandmother’s Alzheimer’s, along with both McKenna and Iqbal, have gotten serious enough to where she forgets not only Meyrer’s name, but others around her, too.

“You don’t know what the future is. That’s

the hardest part. It’s hard for her to recognize my brothers and I. She sometimes can’t even remember my dad,” Meyrer said.

The Meyrer family has tried their hardest to make the best of a sad situation by staying optimistic.

“We keep our minds positive. We have realized that even though she forgets us sometimes and it’s sad, we can’t control what is happening,” Meyrer said.

Accepting that people with Alzheimer’s are going through these changes is one of the best ways to help your relative through this process Jeremy Grossberg, Director of Administration at Delmar Gardens Chesterfield, said.

Grossberg has learned that the number one thing to remember when taking care of a loved one is to be patient.

“People take everything they say personally.

They don’t understand that they are sick” Grossberg said.

Grossberg said the best way to take care of your grandparent is to make sure they are watched at all times and to keep them busy.

“You have to play along with what they say. If you comment or correct them, they’ll get confused and irritated,” Grossberg said Also, experts recommend talking to loved ones about their past because those that are diagnosed tend to have better long term memories than short-term memories.

“It’s not easy, not at all. That’s why most families turn to nursing homes. But it can be much easier with patience, acceptance and understanding,” Grossberg said.

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The Stone Sugar Shakedown, featuring language arts teacher Tracy Gladden, performs at Cicero’s in the University City Loop. [photo courtesy of Tracy Gladden]

From writer to rockstar

Gladden gets best of both worlds as teacher, performer

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ome students may know Tracy Gladden as their language arts or Creative Writing teacher but, there is a whole other side of her that some may not know.

Gladden is currently the lead singer of a Cosmic Funk band named The Stone Sugar Shakedown.

This name originated from the different personalities of the band. Stone, meaning hard as a rock and more masculine, Sugar, meaning more feminine and sweet, and Shakedown meaning dance and fun times. These different characteristics represent the attitude that the band carries through their songs.

“We wanted the name to really sound like the music,” Gladden said.

The band consists of: lead singer Tracy Gladden, guitarists Nick Elwood and Jesse Owens, bassist Tommy Stratman, drummer Matt Reyland, and conga player Tim Berens.

Around seven years ago, the original members, Gladden and Elwood, would perform at different coffee houses and open mics on their free time.

After performing at small venues for awhile, they began to think about their future as musicians and if forming a band was something they were interested in doing.

“We started thinking about the ideal situation and what our dream band would be like,” Gladden said.

When they started recording their first album, also titled, The Stone Sugar Shakedown,

they didn’t necessarily have the typical set-up normal recording artists would have.

“The first one was recorded in our house.

We had this tiny room and we would add different drum and saxophone parts; it was a long process, but we really learned from that experience,” Gladden said.

Eventually they were able to go to an actual recording studio named Sherpa Studios where they worked on their second album, Words.

The band got help with an engineer named Brian Ryback at the studio, where he helped them with the process of making the album.

The songs placed on each album come from different experiences Gladden has faced in the past. She often gets the ideas from different people she encounters on a day-to-day basis.

One of the songs that really inspired her is a song called, Words, where they got the album name from.

“This melody kept popping in my head, actually while I was at school, and it had been a stressful day; everyone around was talking and I just wrote it all down and it ended up being a track on the album,” Gladden said.

Although the band has performed at various places around the U.S., Gladden is still in hopes of playing at her dream venue, Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado.

“I prefer playing at outdoor venues and I would love to sell out Red Rocks Amphitheater which has a very natural setting,” Gladden said.

As they have two albums out already, they are planning to start performing again this month for the first time this year.

Despite not playing many shows this year, they have been constantly playing and writing for new songs that are coming in the future.

While getting to live this separate life outside of school, there comes to be a time where it could become stressful for certain people wrestling two things at once.

As for Gladden, she likes to keep a positive outlook on things and likes to live life one day at a time.

“I try to stay positive on challenging days and if my attitude isn’t the best it could be, it makes it all the more challenge than it should be, so I try to keep a positive attitude and enjoy both teaching and the band,” Gladden said.

Another way she get’s through those challenging days is her faith.

“There is so many people and circumstances that tell you, ‘no’ so, you just have to keep faith,” Gladden said.

While keeping a positive attitude towards things, the band practices usually about three days a week, but has separate rehearsals between different band members.

In the summer, the band will go on tour and was able to book shows in Colorado and different places up north, where they will make their way back to St. Louis.

“St. Louis is kind of right in the middle of all these states, but it really lends to a lot of different options about where we can go,” Gladden said.

Going through all of these experiences, the band really started to evolve after being from where they started to where they are now.

“You start learning more theory and learning from different artists after travelling to different shows,” Gladden said.

While being on tour, it can bring different challenges to the band. For Gladden, the one

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“There are some people who want to be involved with the band and play for a little while, but then another part of their life is important for them to focus on,” Gladden said.

After performing at different coffee shops and going on tour, there are still ultimate goals the band wishes to achieve.

“I want to headline some music festivals, play at places I haven’t been to, be able to collaborate with different artists, and so much more,” Gladden said.

Having gone through the process of recording and performing, she has advice for aspiring musicians; “You got to persevere and no matter what, just keep on playing. You just got keep going and not give up,” Gladden said.

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College athletes deserve to be paid Arpan Das sports reporter It’s an ongoing, seemingly never ending debate. Should college athletes be paid?

The athlete’s are undoubtedly the reason the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is profiting as much as they are. No athletes, no NCAA. Some college sports, notably football and basketball, get as much viewership and publicity as other professional athletes. NCAA Football viewership is as high as MLB, NBA, and well above NHL. NCAA Men’s Basketball is close to MLB, NBA, and ahead of NHL, but it is still a tad behind collegiate football and well behind the NFL. How does the NCAA make this money?

Television deals. With basketball’s March Madness and all of football’s bowl season, TV deals keep the NCAA afloat financially.

CBS and the NCAA signed to a $10.8 billion deal for 14 years of March Madness. That’s a few weeks of basketball per year, for over $750 million per year off that deal alone.

The schools have their fair share of revenue as well. The 231 NCAA Division I schools generated a total of $9.15 billion in revenue during the 2015 fiscal year. That’s just Division I schools.

The Division II and Division III schools, whose revenue data is unavailable, also presumably make millions of dollars.

The evidence is quite clear. College athletes should be paid, but there are too many variables for it to be feasible. As of right now, they get paid with scholarships for tuition, books, room,

board and meal cards.

The arguments that these athletes don’t deserve to paid are the compensations mentioned above. To some, free tuition, books, room and board, is enough payment.

This might be fine for the athletes of lesser watched collegiate sports, like rowing, as they likely don’t get a full scholarship anyway.

This is not much of an acceptable reward for those athletes, like DeShaun Watson and Lonzo Ball, who are the faces of their respective collegiate sports.

Another argument is that these faces of their sports will get paid in a few years anyway when they reach the professional levels of their sports.

But that’s just it. Why should they have to wait any years? There’s just no solid reasoning behind why college athletes don’t deserve to be paid.

The NCAA still has to make a profit at the end of the day, so paying 420,000 athletes even half of what their professional counterparts make is out of the question.

However, with the high viewership of collegiate football and basketball, at the end of the day, they deserve some money for essentially being the faces of the NCAA. Of course, that brings up some questions.

How should we pay them? Should we pay all sports? Who should get paid and who doesn’t?

How will they distribute the money fairly?

Those are the questions that bud from the idea of paying collegiate athletes.

The NCAA will never pay their athletes because of these resulting questions. It’s a loselose for them, as they both make less money and are suddenly have a multitude of questions

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to work out. Those questions, they realize, have no answers that please everybody.

Paying athletes would essentially mean the NCAA has to create a cap system like the professional sports, except which team has how much money to pay their players is unbalanced.

The schools themselves make money, but they won’t pay their athletes either. If schools are going to pay their athletes, they will have to pay all of their athletes.

This is their biggest obstacle to paying student athletes. Not every team makes and equal amount of revenue. Paying a team’s swimming and diving team is no problem for a school that makes over $100 million per year like Texas A&M. It’s something else to ask all other schools to do the same when they make a small fraction of what the bigger schools make.

The revenue among schools isn’t remotely close to evenly distributed. In fact, 44 percent of schools make $20 million in total revenue, which is still a good chunk, but it pales in comparison to schools like Texas and Texas A&M, who make $160 million more than those schools.

So, maybe there is no feasible, fair way for the NCAA or the schools to pay collegiate athletes. But, there are other rules that could change so that they do make what they deserve.

They should be able to make money off their name with endorsements, be able to sign autographs without having to worry about the actions of who the autograph is signed for.

Currently, college athletes aren’t even allowed to sell their own memorabilia for a profit. It’s nonsense that they are punished for

doing so. Just look at athletes like Todd Gurley and AJ Green.

Both were suspended by the NCAA for four games, almost one-third of a football season, for “selling” memorabilia like jerseys and autographs. Why are they not allowed to sell their stuff?

The NCAA counts it as “improper benefits,” which is, frankly, a pile of garbage.

Multiple coaches and players agree that if the jersey is given by the NCAA or school to the athlete, then they should be able to sell it. It’s property. Nothing more, nothing less.

Selling your own property won’t make anyone faster or stronger on the field, and their classification of this as improper benefits is just another example of the NCAA’s nonsensical tyranny.

Also there’s the deal of allowing NCAA athlete to have endorsements. This is another way of ensuring that those prominent players get the payment they deserve.

Now the NCAA would really have to reconsider their definition of improper benefits for this.

Endorsements could very easily be considered as an unfair recruiting advantage for schools. It would make the strong schools strong in recruiting and the smaller schools weaker, which is exactly how it is now.

It would also get in the way of the NCAA’s clear commitment towards their athletes’ academics because the NCAA obviously cares about that. If the NCAA is willing to look past their nonsense viewpoints on certain rules for the athletes, there is a way for these athletes to get paid.

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Coming off of the program’s first District championship in 12 years last season, the sky’s the limit for this year’s team.

The lineup will be mostly dominated by returning senior players Jackson Bartholomew, Sam McClure, Wade Stauss and a handful more.

The pitching rotation will be led by returning All-State pitcher Ryan O’Connell and Southeast Missouri State commit Jack Riney.

“I’m expecting the same kind of effort to take it farther and show the kind of dedication to repeat or go farther than last year,” Head Coach Scott DeNoyer said. “This group has the talent and determination to do it, so my goal this year is to repeat as District champs and take it even further. There is no reason we can’t.”

Even though many key players from last year’s team have graduated, there will be some juniors that will heavily contribute to the ball club this season. This includes Alex Adams, and Tommy Williams in the field and pitcher Alec Byous in the pitching rotation.

The team finished with a 19-6 record and secured a top spot in the Suburban West Conference standings. With this year’s senior heavy lineup, expect the Lancer baseball program to compete for their first State championship since 1972.

It was a successful season last year for the varsity boys golf team as they had a 10th place finisher at State thanks to Max Kreikemeier.

The current sophomore is already turning some heads in his young career and is giving life to the varsity boys golf team.

Assistant Coach Matthew Steffens, along with Head Coach Gaylen Laster, are ready to help guide the team to hopefully more State finalists.

“We are looking forward to a strong season and as always, the goal is to get ready for the big events at the end of the season,” Steffens said. “To do well in the Conference tourney, finish in the top two teams at Districts and be one of the top two teams at Sectionals are some of our goals.”

The upperclassmen on the team this year will provide valuable experience as a couple of them have qualified for post season play before.

“We return two time State qualifier, Jake Williams as well as five upperclassmen to the varsity team this season,” Steffens said.

The team has an array of talent this year that is ready to make some noise and engrave their names into Lafayette boys golf history.

The varsity boys tennis team last year finished with a 12-11 record and fell to Marquette in the Class 2 District 4 championship last year.

Marquette was a problem for the boys tennis program last year as they fell to the Mustangs in their second meet of the season, 8-1 in sets, and in the District championship, 5-0 in sets.

The team struggled with consistency throughout the 2015-2016 season.

But, this year’s team is looking to push deeper into the District and Sectional rounds and make a run in the postseason.

“The team’s goals this year are to win our District and battle at Sectionals,” Head Coach Mark McAllister said.

The team had a strong core of seniors on the team last year and despite a talented group leaving the program, the team still has a range of athletes who can provide a solid foundation for the team.

McAllister listed Drew Davis, Carson Krone, Franco NosedaOlivari and Vladimir Trifunovic as players to watch in this upcoming season.

The team’s first match is against Summit at home starting at 4:15 p.m. on March 24.

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The boys track team made an unbelievable run to win the State Championship last year with the help of their record-setting long distance team and group of extraordinary sprinters.

While the team graduated many of its best runners, there is still a lot of talent on the roster.

Seniors Coby Brown and Marquis Yarbrough are making their return to the team as sprinters.

On the long distance side, those runners will be led by Junior World Champion Austin Hindman and senior Tommy Laarman.

“We don’t change what we’ve been doing. We prepare the way we always prepare, which has been working for us,” Head Coach Matt Warren said. “Having two second place finishes and then a first place finish the last three years is great, but the goals are to try to show that even graduating some key pieces, we can still come back and be a force and try to trophy again at State.”

The past few years have been extremely successful and fruitful for the squad. There is no reason they cannot continue that excellence this year and become back to back State champions.

Their first meet will be March 29 at the Eureka Meet, at Eureka, with a total of four teams competing.

There are a lot of key pieces returning to the Lancers volleyball squad this coming season.

The lineup will be senior heavy including returning players Kade Bontrager, Alex Gettinger and Clayton Mathison.

Coming off of a second place finish at State last season, the squad will definitely be looking for retribution this year.

“The goal is always to better yourself from the year before,” Head Coach Doug Ell said. “We have a lot of experience this year that I think is going to help us in the long term. The leadership that we have coming into this season is very strong, but ultimately goals are going to based on the individual goals and will dictate the team goal if we can stay healthy which is going to be a big component. I think the sky’s the limit for us.”

After a couple of years of heartbreaking playoff losses, the team will be competing for their first State championship win since 2013.

With the experience and senior leadership in the lineup this year, the squad will only be as good as they want to be and will have the talent to take it all the way.

The team’s season kicked off against the Parkway West Longhorns on March 22.

After a 18-3-1 record last season, the girls lacrosse team is set for another strong year. They have a very skilled group of players who are ready to compete and bring home the hardware.

“Goals for this year will be to play as a team regardless of the competition, score or magnanimity of the game. Ideally I’d like to see each attacker have as many assists as goals, and each defender have as many forced turnovers as attackers have points.” Head Coach Carrie Guenzler said.

The team has the necessary talent and competitive edge to give some top teams in the area a run for their money. With the regular season fast approaching, keep an eye out for the Lady Lancer lacrosse team as they are sure to turn some heads this year.

“We have such a diversely talented team and need to take advantage of all of our skills across the field to reach our potential this year,” Head Coach Carrie Guenzler said. “Of course winning State is always the ultimate goal regarding competition, but developing personal integrity and close bonds with one another would be the number one non-competitive goal.”

Their first game is against St. Joseph’s on March 28 at home starting at 4:15 p.m.

Girls Soccer

Girls Track

Water Polo

Last year, the varsity girls soccer team had a streaky season to say the least. They finished with a 11-10 record and lost at the hands of the Marquette Mustangs in the opening round of the District tournament.

The team last year had only two seniors on the team and was led by a group of juniors, who have now become the leaders on the team. One of those underclassmen players, who aided in leading the team, was senior Jessica Smith. Last year, Smith scored six goals, assisted on four goals and made two game winning shots.

“This year our team really wants to play well together and bond,” Smith said. “We want to all get to know each other really well so that it will influence our playing as well as make the season very enjoyable. Also, we really want to take down Marquette and Eureka this year. We will take it one game at a time, but we hope that every performance is an amazing performance.”

Needless to say, the team has plenty of talent and leadership that will give the team a solid chance of making a run in the post season.

The team’s first game of the season will take place at Fort Zumwalt West high school against the Jaguars on March 24.

The girls track and field season ended exceptionally for the squad. They took first in both the District and Sectional meet, and took home the fourth place trophy in the State meet.

Head Coach Rick Voss feels very good going into the season with this year’s group of athletes. There has been a strong tradition of winning over the years in the program, so there should be a continuation of that this year. Voss is confident in the way he has prepared in the past, so he feels no need for any changes this season.

“We’re not going make any major changes,” Voss said. “We will stick with the format that’s given us a very strong tradition and let the girls do the work and let the girls have the success.”

While many of the talented runners from last year’s team will be missing from the lineup this year due to graduation, the team will still field a competitive roster.

A few returning athletes include long distance runners Meg Nicholson and Mollie Rogan who were key parts in the team’s success last year.

With a solid short distance and a well developed long distance team, the Lady Lancers will once again be a threat to big name schools. The talent is bountiful on the squad this year and they are poised to make a run for the State title.

The varsity water polo team had its fair share of struggles last year. The team finished with a record of 6-21 and it was one of the worst seasons the water polo program has had since the sport of water polo was introduced at Lafayette.

Despite a rough set of games last year, the team is staying optimistic and is ready to start off on the right foot this year.

“We want a lot of cooperation on the team and we want to work as one single unit,” senior Aaron Collier said. “We want a bunch of people working together, rather than individual players working for themselves, a lot more team play this year is what we’re going for.”

Last year’s team had a large group of seniors, nine to be exact, and with a new year comes new faces.

“The biggest challenge this year will be forming a new squad and bringing each other together and playing as that team instead of the group last year,” Collier said. “We were all used to the group we had last year with the seniors and now that they’re gone, we’re going to have to adjust to playing with an entirely new group of people” With fresh faces and a new season, the team will get the chance to reverse the results of last year and make the Lafayette water polo program a powerhouse once again.

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March 24, 2017

Farewell, Steve Berry

Activities Director hangs up cleats after long career Kyran Ballard sports reporter Ten straight years of athletic success for Lafayette. 65 to 80 hours a week spent either in the building handling schedules, eligibility, hiring officials or out at other schools supporting the Lancers’ hard work. Activities Director Steve Berry has announced he will be retiring when the school year comes to a close.

Awarded the Missouri St. Louis Athletic Director of the Year in 2015, Berry‘s hard work and dedication to the school and sports programs over the past 10 years has been proven over and over throughout his career.

He has started many traditions at Lafayette including lunch room announcements, school branding (flags and windscreens) and the Athlete of the Month award.

In addition, Berry hired an artist to come into the school and create the murals that appear around the building.

Berry isn’t just known for his contributions at Lafayette alone. Lafayette has only been home to him for the last 10 years of his career.

Before coming to Lafayette, “I was at Hazelwood Central for 19 years. I was a classroom teacher and I was a department chairman there before moving into the AD position with administration. I taught theatre and speech at Hazelwood Central. I also coached basketball for six years and then I was also involved with other sports such as announcing for the football games and those kind of things,” Berry said.

Berry has always been a hands-on AD. He is a very visible presence around school at at all athletic events and activities. But much of his real influence came from behind the scenes.

For example in 2011, Berry delivered a locker room speech as our girls varsity volleyball team were huge underdogs in the State finals.

“Mr. Berry has been a great AD and a big supporter of the girls volleyball program,” Head Coach Zach Young said.

“He is open to anything we want to try with our program including going to out of town tournaments, hosting Districts or Sectionals, even hosting a huge Dig Pink event this past year at Lafayette. All of these things put more

Activities Director Steve Berry surveys the court during the varsity boys basketball District game against Francis Howell. Making sure the student section doesn’t go too crazy, keeping the coaches and athletes safe during regulation and helping out with equipment throughout the game are just a few of Berry’s responsibilities during a sporting event. (photo by Marlo May) work on his plate, but he is always supportive of the student athletes and coaches. Mr. Berry has also made the trip to State several years to support our team and goes above and beyond to help out however he can.”

Young is just one of the many coaches that praises Berry for the extra effort he put into his job which often kept him working late into the night as he traveled to away games and even state tournaments out of town.

“He is a strong support system for our boys basketball program. He is there to talk if needed and always looks to find ways to support our team with the resources we need to run our program,” first year boys basketball Head Coach Matthew Landwehr said. “He’s willing to be creative to help our guys and in the end he

wants both the players and coaches to have a great experience.”

Coaches agree Berry’s dediction to the athletic program is a major factor in the success of the Lancer sports program.

“Lafayette athletics are successful and have a great reputation,” Young said. “That mirrors the leadership of our AD. Mr. Berry works as hard as any AD I’ve ever been around and is constantly supporting and complimenting his coaching staff and the student athletes.”

Berry has built a relationship with not only the coaches and student athletes, but the families of the athletes and coaches.

“He’s always there for you if you have any questions. He’s always there to help support our players and program and help with our boosters

and families,” varsity football Head Coach Boyd Manne said.

Berry said his favorite part of being the Activities Director over the years is the relationships he has built with the Lafayette community.

“I can think of the relationships I have with the coaches, with members of our community, but especially the student athletes,” he said.

Berry’s relationships with the student athletes has given him a solid reputation around the school and community.

“I’ll miss mostly seeing him every day and talking to him,” Landwehr said. “He’s a great guy who has worked tirelessly for Lafayette. We will miss many things about him as an AD, but for me the relationship is even more important.

Mr. Berry may not be at LHS every day but I know we’ll stay in touch as he enters his well deserved retirement.”

Berry’s leadership over the past 10 years has greatly benefitted Lafayette and the numbers prove it.

“If you go back and look at the statistics in the past 10 years, I do know that we have won 16 State championships which is pretty rare for any school. When you add in that we also have second, third and fourth place team finishes, all of our Conference and District championships, but even bigger than that the individual success for the teams. Even the kids on the teams who didn’t win anything but just simply got better, those are the things I would hope becomes apart of the legacy of Lafayette.” Berry said.

Anyone who has been around a group for a period of time leaves a legacy behind.

Berry said he hopes his legacy will just be “achievement based on teamwork. I hope that we have allowed everyone to buy into a system that has proven to work over the time I’ve been here.”

As for his retirement plans he responded, “I plan to not have any plans until at least October. I’m trying to not do anything until then so I can literally just kick back and relax.”

A new Activities Director could be named as early as this week. Final interviews were scheduled for March 21 and then the final candidate could be approved by the Board of Education at the March 23 meeting. Watch lancerfeed.press for updates.

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Batter Up!

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Back Tyler Burnett sports editor

It’s safe to say that St. Louis Cardinals fans were disappointed about last year’s results.

The Chicago Cubs, our biggest rivals, took the league by storm and won the World Series while the Cardinals missed the playoffs for the first time since 2010 in a narrow race.

Fans and critics begin to talk trade rumors and that this is the beginning of a bad trend for the Cardinals. But, Cardinals fans are not to worry.

When you look at it, the Cardinals not making the playoffs may have been a good thing. The team has made the postseason the past six years. So, when the season is over, the Cardinals organization has less time to rest and recuperate than other baseball teams.

We needed this extended break, whether it be for better or for worse.

After a nice hiatus, the players, coaches, trainers and everybody in the organization can regroup and come back strong for a 2017 season.

With our injured players, such as Lance Lynn who was out for just about all of the 2015-2016 season with Tommy John surgery, back and healthy, our rotation is bolstered and our offense is fresh.

Our farm system has never failed us and with all of the young talent that we have, the team will have the backup necessary to supplement the starters and any situation the team has to deal with.

One thing Cardinals fans have to accept is that the St. Louis Cardinals baseball organization may be in the midst of a rebuilding stage. As much as we as fans don’t want to admit it, it’s the plain truth.

But, despite all this, I have no doubt that the Cardinals will have a better year, and it’s up to us as the fans to continue to support the team throughout the trials and tribulations of the season and see it through.

We may have had a “bad” season last year, but the Cardinals will bounce back, we always do.

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If you have some free time before your first Opening Day game, take a trip inside Ballpark Village to see the legends of Cardinal baseball in the HALL OF FAME. The newest exhibit to open is "Women in Baseball" where goers can learn the history about the first woman to own a MLB team.

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